Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21204, Noah Goodrich, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Goodrich, Noah Martha
W. 21204
CONTENTS

3362.
Massachusetts.
Noah Goodrich, 4 Capt Ashley Private
Mass Line - War 8 yrs
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Oct. 1818 and sent to John Hooker Esq. Springfield Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 and 8/30. 34.13 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48.00
$82.13
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Senor Parkhurst Co

Albany 854
Martha Goodrich
widow of Hugh Goodrich
Mass
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 3 rd March 1819 of Onondaga Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Ashley of the Reg't commanded by in the Massachusetts line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars ——— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Nov. 1838 and sent to A. Smith Manlius, N. York
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '38. 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. '39. 40.00
$ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book A. Vol. 2 Page 79

Noah Goodrich
27 April
Connect

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire
On this 27 th day of April 1818. before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Berkshire in the Western Circuit. Personally appears Noah Goodrich aged fifty six years, resident in the town of Lenox in said County of Berkshire, who being by me first duly sworn according to law. Doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That the said Noah Goodrich enlisted in the town of Lenox aforesaid & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid in the Company commanded by Captain Moses Ashley of the First Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose in the month of December 1776; that he continued to serve in said Corp. or in the service of the United States until the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1783. when he was discharged from service in Newburgh in the State of New York; that he was in the battles of Ticonderoga and Burgoyne at
As per my discharge to Noah Goodrich of Lenox in the year 1783. I was my agent and do not know when he was in the battles of Ticonderoga and Burgoyne.

at Saratoga in the State of New York, at Rhode Island in the Year 1778. & at the taking of Cornwallis at Little York in the State of Virginia in the year 1781. and that he is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. —
Noah Goodrich
Sworn to & declared before me, the day and Year aforesaid. John Hooker
I John Hooker one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Berkshire in the Western Circuit in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Noah Goodrich did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. John Hooker
I Dr. Woodbridge Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the above is his signature - Witness my hand & the seal of said Court hereunto affixed.
W. Woodbridge Clerk

I Jeremiah Eggleston of Senne Mass ts do hereby depose that I was Paymaster of the First Mass ts Regiment commanded by Col o Joseph Vose at the end of the revolutionary war & that said Goodrich then belonged to said Regiment & that I paid him the amount of the wages due to him
Jeremiah Eggleston
Sworn to this 27 th day of April 1810
before me
John Hooker

A Statement of my Service in for the United States I enlisted into the Service in the Year 1794 1796 in December under Capt Moses Ashley & Marched Regt March from Leominster the 22 Day of April 1797 I was at the Taking of Borogoye the Battle on Rhode Island then transferred into the Light Company and served in that Comp with until the End of the war I was present at Glusater at the taking of Cornwallis
I served in the 1 st Regt Six years and six Months I was Discharged in the year 1782 the 10 Day of June at Newburg New York State
Isaac Goodrich

Martha Goodrich
Admitted
Private 2 years
Final Set California
No 29043 - Vol
2 p 41
A Smith Esq
Manlius
N.Y.

State of New York County of Onondaga ss
On this twelfth day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, then sitting at Syracuse in said County, Martha Goodrich a resident in said County aged Seventy one years and upwards, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows: That she is the widow of Noah Goodrich who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served according to a statement which he left in his own hand writing as follows "I enlisted into the service in the year 1776 in December under Capt. Moses Ashley 1 Massachusetts Regt. I marched from Senox the 22 day of April 1777 I was at the taking of Burgoyne the battle on Rhode Island then transferred into the light company and served in that company until the end of the war I was with Marquis de Lafayette at the taking of Cornwallis I served in the 1 Regt. six years and five months I was discharged in the year 1783 the 10 day of June at Newburgh New York state Noah Goodrich" She further declares that she was married to the said Noah Goodrich on the seventh day of April (1785) in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty five at her father's house in Senox in the state of Massachusetts by the Rev. Samuel Munson that she has no record or memorandum of her marriage and that she does not know of any that her husband the aforesaid Noah Goodrich died at Senox aforesaid on the third day of March 1819 in the presence of this applicant and that she has remained a widow ever since that period: That after the death of her said husband and about the month of April 1819 this applicant had letters granted her to administer on the estate of her said husband, and soon after there the amount of a Pension granted him under the act of 1818, and that the Pension certificate of the said deceased was, as this applicant understands and believes, sent to the City of Washington and the annexed is the statement of the said Noah, Service above mentioned in his own handwriting.
Martha Goodrich
Taken Subscribed and sworn in open court this 12 th day of September 1838 before me Groom Lawrence First Judge

State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office
1838 288 To J. William M. Clarke Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said County, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in
the matter of the application of Martha Goodrich for a pension and that the within named Grove Lawrence was First Judge of said Court and that his signa- ture to the proceeding application is genuine. And I fur- ther certify that Albert Neely before whom the two preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn, and whose name is subscribed to the two preceding certif- icates of credibility, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name so subscribed, to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 12 th day of September 1838.
The word "application" written on an erasure W. M. Clarke Dep. Clerk

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section ANP/eel
June 27, 1929
Mrs. Frank O. Beitel Glenman Apartments 215 E. Penn Street, Germantown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.21204 , it appears that Noah Goodrich enlisted in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, in December, 1776, and served as a private in Captain Moses Ashley's Company, Colonel Joseph Vose's First Massachusetts Regiment, was at the battle and taking of Burgoyne, battle of Rhode Island, and surrender of Cornwallis, and was discharged June 10, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he was living at Lenox, Massachusetts, aged fifty-six years.
The date and place of his birth are not given nor are the names of his parents on record.
He died at said Lenox, March 3, 1819.
The soldier married April 7, 1785, in Lenox, Massachusetts, Martha Foster, daughter of Jonathan Foster, of said Lenox.

She was allowed pension on her application executed September 12, 1838, at which time she was living at Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, aged seventy-one years.
There are no data as to children.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Rev. 1812 Wars Section. A.W.F./eel.
July 2 nd , 1929
Dear Sir,
I wish to thank you for the information supplied to me, in regard to the history of Noah Goodrich, in the War of the Revolution. It supplied the missing link, for which I had been searching, and I most assuredly appreciate your interest.
Glammar Apts. 215 E. Penn St. Germantown, Phila. Pa.
Sincerely, Elizabeth H. Beitel, (Mrs. F.O.)

February 19 th , 1929
Dear Sir,
I am seeking information regarding Noah Goodrich , of the State of New York, who was a private in the War of the Revolution.
I am giving you below, the data I possess and would like to ask you to give me the date of his birth and also his birthplace. I would be glad to have the names of his parents, if possible and where they were born, if such things were

recorded at that time.
His Pension paper is marked No. 854, War Department and was issued to his wife, Martha Good- rich, on Nov. 2 nd , 1838, signed by J. R. Poinsett, Secy. of War.
Payment to be made at Albany, N.Y. Records in the Pension Office, in Book A, Volume 2, page 79, by D. Brown, Clerk.
The first payment was made to his widow Dec. 31 st , 1838.
Hoping that this may help you discover the information I desire

and asking that you give me any other items of interest, and assuring you of my gratitude,
I am, Very truly yours,
Elizabeth K. Beitel. (Mrs. Frank O.)
Glenmar Apartments, 215 E. Penn St., Germantown, Phila., Pa.

32757 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,757
Noah Goodrich
Rev Rev 1818
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21204
Martha Goodrich
wid of
Rev. Goodrich
Brn Rev. War
Act: July 7th  188
Index:—Vol. 81 Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929 June 27-Hick R. Mrs. Frank C. Bittel

Sir
Marble Sept 12 1888
I enclose the Applications of Oliver Hale for a 5 year Pension - & that of Martha Goodrich for the same - under act of July 1886 - you will please in return forward certificates & answers to me at this place - Mrs Hale in her application stated her marriage was a year later than it was - but I hope this will make no difference as it was done by the most intention & she seemed to recollect very exactly but was mistaken
Yours truly A Smith
H. Edwards Esq

State of New York County of Onondaga ss. Be it known that before me Albert Neely a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Levi Carr and made Oath in due form of law, that he is of the age of seventy seven years and upwards, that he served about six years in the Revolutionary war, that during the war he was well acquainted with Noah Goodrich a soldier in the first Massachusetts regiment, who served to the knowledge of this deponent at least three years and six months, in the same brigade with this deponent under Genl. John Patterson and Genl. Poor; this deponent further saith that in the Spring of 1785 the said Noah Goodrich was married to Martha Foster at the house of her father Jonathan Foster in Lenox in the State of Massachusetts, by the Rev. Samuel Munson in the presence of this deponent who was an invited guest at the wedding, that ever since & even before the time of their marriage this deponent has been well acquainted with the said Martha Goodrich now and for many years the widow of the said Noah. Taken subscribed and sworn this 12th day of September 1838.
Levi Carr
The words "Albert Neely" being written on an Erasure
Albert Neely Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Levi Carr the above named deponent with whom I am well acquainted is a person of truth and veracity and that full credit should be given to his affidavit.
Albert Neely Justice of the Peace
State of New York County of Onondaga ss. Be it known that before me Albert Neely a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Martha Carr and made oath in due form of law that she is of the age of seventy three years & upwards, that Noah Goodrich of Lenox, the late husband of widow Martha Goodrich was brother of this deponent, and served several years in the Revolutionary war; this deponent further saith that she was present an invited guest at the marriage of the said Noah Goodrich and Martha Goodrich, which ceremony was performed by Revd. Samuel Munson at the house of Jonathan Foster in the town of Lenox in the State of Massachusetts fifty four years ago last April, and that the said Martha is now and for many years been the widow of the said

Noah Goodrich and in whose residence of the town of Pompey, county of Onondaga. his I have subscribed to know this twelfth day of September 1838 Ruth + Carr Mark before me Albert Keel Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Ruth Carr the above named deponent, that she is a person in good reputation for truth and ver- acity and that full credit should be given to her affidavit Albert Keel Justice of the Peace